KAAM

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KAAM

City of license	Garland, Texas
Broadcast area	Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex
Branding	Legends 77: K-Double-AM
Slogan	"Where the Legends Live" "Your Romantic Retreat from Reality"
Frequency	770 kHz
First air date	1990 as KPBC
Format	Adult Standards/Oldies
Power	10,000 Watts (day) 1,000 Watts (Night)
Class	B
Facility ID	17303
Transmitter coordinates	33°1′58.00″N 96°34′31.00″W
Callsign meaning	Keeping Absolutely Awesome Music on your radio
Former callsigns	KPBC (1990-1999)
Owner	DJR Broadcasting (DJRD Broadcasting, LLC)
Website	www.kaamradio.com

KAAM, known as "K-Double-A-M", is an AM radio station broadcasting in the Dallas/Fort Worth "Metroplex" with a format of oldies/standards, and program length commercials. This station is licensed in Garland, Texas, USA and is owned and operated by DJR Broadcasting.

History

The KAAM format began when the city of Dallas sold WRR, its AM station on 1310 kHz, to Bonneville Broadcasting in January 1978. In 1921, WRR (now known as KTCK) had been the first licensed radio station west of the Mississippi River, and only the second in the U.S. Because the city was going to retain the WRR call letters for its classical music FM station, Bonneville changed the 1310 call letters of the AM station to KAAM and added an FM station on 92.5 with the callsign KAFM. KAAM lasted on 1310 for many years, finally selling the station to Susquehanna Radio Corporation on February 8, 1994, which changed the call letters to KTCK (The "Ticket") and the format to all-sports.

Meanwhile, KPBC (the call letters stood for Percy B. Crawford, founder of Crawford Broadcasting) originally broadcast on 1040 kHz as a daytime-only station and changed frequencies to 770 kHz when Crawford completed the construction to create KPBC 770 in 1990 as a 24/7 station. The call letters were changed to KAAM on October 19, 1999.

In 1999, KAAM (formerly on AM 620 kHz) and its Big Band/Standards format were once again revived on 770 kHz in Garland, Texas, by another owner/enthusiast. This time, the station is branded as Legends 77. It was since then divested by Crawford in Mid-2007.

On March 1, 2010, KAAM added a talk block to its weekday lineup. From 1pm to 2pm daily, a rotation of medical and financial programs dubbed "Ask the Pros" takes the place of regular music programming.

KAAM formerly broadcast using HD Radio, however discontinued in 2010.

Personalities

Current on-air personalities include Jaan McCoy, Mary Rose, Jack Davis, Tori Logan, "Crusin'" Al Taylor, Hermann Bockelmann, Ray Van Steen, and Chuck Brinkman (formerly at KLUV-FM). News is provided by Fox News Radio.

Former notable personalities include Ken "Hubcap" Carter (died February 2004); Jim Thomas; "Deacon" Don Evans (died July 2001); Leon McWhorter (aka Jay Roberts); Robin Jones; "McGregor" (Benn); Stubie Doak; Dave Mitchell; Russ Martin; Jack Bishop; Linda Martin; Cary Richards; and Eddie Hubbard (died in March 2007).

External links

• KAAM official website
• Query the FCC's AM station database for KAAM
• Radio-Locator Information on KAAM
• Query Arbitron's AM station database for KAAM

Bob Paterson